Garbage wagon and receptacle.



No. 699,906, Patented na la, 19029 c. A. WILLIAMS. GARBAGEYWAGON AND RECEPTACLE.

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c. A. 'W ILLIAMS. GARBAGE WAGON AND REGERTACLE. (Application filed Sept. 28, 1901.)

UNITED STATES CHARLES A WI'LliIAMS,

PATENT OFFIcE.

OF CHICAGO ILLINOIS.

GARBAGE w'AeoN AND RECEPTACLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 699,906, dated May 13, 1902. Application filed September 28, 1901. Serial Novelets. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES A.W1LLIAMs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chi-1 cage, in the county of Cook and State of Illi-' nois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garbage Wagons and Re- 'ceptacles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is concerned with a novel garbage wagon and receptacles to be carried thereby to be used in my novel system of disposing of garbage, as will be fully described and claimed in the following specification.

Referring to the accompanying sheets'of drawings, in which the same reference characters are used to designate identical parts in all the figures, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a wagon embodying my invention' and loaded with the garbage-receptacles. Fig.2 is a plan View of a portion of the Wagon in section, showing the supports for the rcep-i tacles. Fig. 3 is a vertical section through a portion ofthe wagon and one of the receptacles; and Fig. 1 is a detail in perspective,- showing how the lids of the receptacles are hinged thereto.

Before describing the details of construc tion of my improvements it may be explained that in carrying out my system of disposing of garbage I propose to provide atsome suit able point a garbage-crematory, such as is the subject of myapplication for patent, No. 76,945, filed September28, 1901. To trans: port the garbage 'tothis crematory with the minimum of labor and offense to the nostrils, I propose to supply each householder with one or more portable garbage-receptacles, so that it or they can be filled between visits of the collector. When the garbage-collector comes with the wagon forming a part of my present invention, he simply removes an empty receptacle from the wagon'and leaves that for the householders use, while the re ceptacle that has been filled is placed upon the wagon andcarried away. Without thenccessity ofits being emptied, thus causing unnecessary labor and stench. When a wagonload of receptacles has been collected, they are taken to the crematory and their contents dumped into the furnace, after which they are washed and placed on the wagon ready for another collection.

The receptacles 5, which I preferably employ, take the shape of cylindrical cans made of strong sheet metal and having the bottom-s 6' thereof formed of flanged concaved disks set into the cylinder constituting the body of the can and secured thereto, so as to give it great strength, while at the same time not making it very heavy. At the upper end thereof a strong wire ring 7 is placed around the top, and the edge of the can is beaded over this ring, as clearly shown, to hold it in place and strengthen the top of the can. A portion of the bead on the can thus formed is cut away, as seen at"-8'in Fig. at, and a portion 9 of the ring 7-is'bent into an inverted-U shape. The lid 10 consists of a metallic disk, having the circular rod 11 secured on the inner edge thereof by spinning the metal of the cap arou'ndit, as shown in Fig. 3. The metal afterbeing curved around the ring 11 has its'outer portion bent down to form the fla nge12, which fits snugly into the top of the can, as shown'in Fig. 3. Just opposite theirecess=8 in the can the lid 10 has a corresponding Y recess 13 out in the bead and flange12, and the ring or wire 11 has the twoloops 14 formed therein and fitting over the vertical portions 9 of the ring or wire 7. By this construction it will be seen that the lid can be readily raised from the can, as may be necessary in filling or empty-- -ing it, and at the same time when the can is in place on thewagon the portion 9 of the rim canfit over the'hook 15 (shown in Fig. 3) on the wagon.

Referring-now to Fig. 1, the wagon may be provided with the customary wheels and running-gear; but instead of the ordinary bed carried by the bolsters 16 and 17 which are supported upon the springslS and 19, I provide the vertical plate or frame 20, which has its front end supported onthe bolster 16 and preferably provided with the braces 21 to give it increasedrigidity. A drivers seat 22 of any desired construction may be secured in a suitable position on the front of this plate or frame. Secured along the sides of this plate or frame 20, preferably in rows, are a series of substantially annular supports 23 for the cans. As will be seen in Figs. 2 and 3, these supports are made up of strips of angle-iron will - pieces between each adjacent pair of supports. These bracket-pieces 25 may be conveniently formed of strips of angle-iron havin g their lower ends26 bent to a vertical,while the main portions thereof are inclined at an angle, as shown. A portion of one of the flanges is cut away, as at 27, in order that the end thereof may pass up between the supports and be rigidly secured thereto by the short rivets or bolts 28. The hooks 15, previously referred to, are of any desired con struction, so that they are adapted to receive the cooperating hooks 9 on the cans and to prevent their accidental displacement from the supports 23.

While I have shown my invention as embodied in the form which I at present consider best adapted to carry out its purposes, it will be understood that itis capable of some modifications, and that I do not desire to be limited in the interpretation of the following claims except as may be necessitated by the state of the prior art.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. In a device of the class described, the combination with the wheels and runninggear, of a vertical frame carried thereby, and plural rows of supports for garbage-receptacles on both sides of said frame; substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination with the wheels and runninggears, of a vertical frame carried thereby, and plural rows of supports on both sides of said frame, each of said supports consisting of a horizontal ring secured at one edge to said frame and having the vertical flange on the outer edge thereof; substantially as described.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination with the wheels and runninggears, of a vertical frame carried thereby, and plural rows of supports on both sides of said frames, said supports consisting of the hori zontal rings secured at one edge to said frame and having the vertical flanges on the outer edges thereof, and the brackets 25 secured to said frame and to said rings; substantially as described.

4. In a device of the class described, the combination with the vertical frame, of the supports formed of strips of angle-iron bent into circles and secured at one side thereof to said frame, and the said brackets 25 secured to said frame between the supports; substantially as described.

5. In a device of the class described, the combination with the vertical frame, of the supports consisting of the horizontal rings secured at one edge to said frame and having the vertical flanges on the outer edges thereof, and the hooks 15 secured to said frame above the points where the rings touch the frames; substantially as described.

6. In a device of the class described, the combination with the vertical frame, of the supports consisting of the horizontal rings secured at one edge to said frame and having the vertical flanges on the outer edges thereof, the brackets 25 secured to said frame and to said rings, and the hooks 15 secured to said frame above the points where the rings touch the frame; substantially as described.

7. In a device of the class described, the combination with a receptacle having the loop 9 formed in the upper edge thereof, of the lid having the loop 14 in the edge thereof engaging with the loop 9; substantially as and for the purpose described.

8. In a device of the class described, the combination with a receptacle having the ring 7 in the upper edge thereof, said ring being provided with the loop 9 therein, of the lid having the ring 11 in the edge thereof, said ring being provided with the loops 14 engaging the loop 9; substantially as and for the purpose described.

9. In a device of the class described, the combination with the vertical frame, of the supports secured at one edge to said frame and having the vertical flanges on the outer edges thereof, the hooks 15 secured to said frame above the points where the supports touch the frames, the receptacles having their lower ends adapted to fit in said supports and provided with the loops 9 in the upper edge thereof, the lids for said receptacles having the loops 14 engaging the loops 9, which are also adapted to engage the hooks 15; all combined and cooperating substantially as and for the purpose described.

CHARLES A. \VILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

.1011 II. MCELROY, R. K. GUSTAFSON. 

